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Keith Suitter

Police seek public’s help in Houlton homicide investigation

Maine State Police announced Monday night that the death of a 61-year-old Houlton man had been ruled a homicide, and sought the …
Kyle Dube (center) with his attorneys Stephen Smith (left) and Wendy Hatch during the first day of Dube's trial at the Penobscot Judicial Center in Bangor Monday, Feb. 23, 2015.

Kyle Dube’s ex-girlfriend: ‘He told me that he had killed Nichole’ Cable

BANGOR | An ex-girlfriend of the man accused of using Facebook to lure 15-year-old Nichole Cable to her death told jurors Monday morning that …
ROBIN'S OUTDOORS (blog)

How to live peacefully with a killer bobcat

Note: My circumstances are not like those of the folks who live in Orono and had a bobcat problem. I live in the woods and …
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Debbie Cyr

Bangor may spend $210,000 to convert to digital records

State Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn.

Maine lawmakers support concealed weapons bill

Patrol Officer Jamie Fanning places Aki, set to become Bangor Police Department's newest patrol dog, in her car as the two head out for training on Monday. Aki, a German shepherd, replaces Havoc, a dog the department retired last year.

German shepherd to become newest patrol dog for Bangor Police Department

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Paul Dilger and Dot Black are shown at the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland in 2009.

Group that manages Rockland building runs out of money

Rep. Justin Chenette, D-Saco

Maine lawmakers rip ‘dishonesty’ of leaders’ private campaign fundraising

Rep. Joel Stetkis, R-Canaan, displays a knife he purchased at a local hardware store on Monday in Augusta. Stetkis said the knife made by Milwaukee Tools is among those that could be deemed illegal by law enforcement under Maine law. Stetkis is seeking to repeal a 1959 law that makes possession of knives that open automatically illegal in Maine.

Republican lawmaker wants to repeal Maine’s switchblade ban

Sara N. Comtois

Former nursing home aide gets 45 days for assault on patient

#MAINE (blog)

Ad firm uncovers Maine’s top search term for the year

Jessica Scheno, a senior at Maranacook Community High School, speaks with reporters Monday at the State House, where she and dozens of other students, doctors and health advocates decried Gov. Paul LePage's proposal to gut funding for Healthy Maine Partnerships and school-based health centers, both of which work to prevent teen smoking.

Health advocates: Axing community anti-smoking programs ‘like killing Peter to pay Paul’

A Maine State Police trooper and an Aroostook County deputy sheriff responded to this 645 Smyrna Center Road home in Smyrna after receiving reports from family members that Kenneth Kreyssig was threatening to kill himself.

Authorities release transcript of 911 call in fatal police shooting of Smyrna man

This house in Appleton is at the center of a nearly six-year legal battle over enforcement of town ordinances.

Appleton files new complaint in long-running battle over house

Snap Fitness is seen Monday in Brewer. The owners of Snap Fitness in Brewer have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Brewer fitness center owners file for bankruptcy

Opinion

Paddlers get a glimpse of Mount Katahdin as they make their way south on the Penobscot River in this May 2014 file photo.
EDITORIALS

Boosting tourism in rural Maine will take more than a national park

The town councils in Millinocket, East Millinocket and Medway have spent a lot of time discussing the possibility of a nearby national park. This sometimes …

Sports

University of Maine goalie Matt Morris is 61st in save percentage (.905) in the country and 62nd in goals-against average (2.98).
Poll Question

Maine will need top-notch goaltending to advance in first-round Hockey East series

ORONO | Quality goaltending is the key component to long playoff runs and championships in hockey. It is a must even for high-scoring, offensive-minded …

Health

Certified Professional Midwife, Laura Donnelly, listens to the heartbeat of Kathryn Bronson's baby while Bronson's dog, Murphy, watches over her.
POLL QUESTION

Midwives once again pursue licensing, birth rights bill

While pregnant with her first child in Portland, Oregon, Bangor resident Marie Schramke sought a birthing environment that was private, supportive and personal. She ended …

Business

Winds blew snow across Maine Avenue in Bangor Sunday afternoon, Feb. 15. As temperatures have dipped low all across New England this winter, prices for natural gas have done the same.

As New England freezes, natural gas prices also stay low

NEW YORK — What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, tumultuous weather in the Northeast caused record natural gas price spikes and forced …

Living

The famous Internet dress.
EMMET MEARA

The color of a dress doesn’t matter if you’re colorblind

I don’t give a tinker’s damn what anyone else says. That dress was gold and white. You might have been lost in a snow drift …

Outdoors

ACT OUT WITH AISLINN (blog)

Where in the woods am I?

Before attending the Cabin Fever Reliever in Brewer, Oreo and I went on a sunny snowshoe up a mountain on Friday. We actually didn’t make …

Food

IF MY COASTER COULD TALK (blog)

American on Tap – Bangor Edition

I heard about America on Tap in mid-December, that’s when I started emailing them to find out about their organization and about the two events …

Events

CULTURE SHOCK (blog)

Lady Antebellum to return to Bangor Waterfront, with guest Hunter Hayes

Lady Antebellum, multi-platinum country trio, will play its third concert at the Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion this summer, when they return to Bangor on Thursday, June …

Crime & Courts

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